Warwick Buildings and Energy Committee
Draft Meeting Minutes: April 26, 2011 
Location: Warwick Town Hall, Meeting called to order 6:35
Attending: Janice Kurkoski, Steve Kurkoski, Jim Toth, Jack Cadwell, Dan
Dibble, Les Goodman,

Minutes for March have been accepted.

TOWN HALL 
Window restoration - Don Hayward has started with one sash from the
dining room. Dan said the women's guild want to wash the dining room
windows...much easier when the windows are not installed, or when the
storms are removed. Dan will remove the winserts.
Janice will check out the band joist insulation moisture issue.  

WARWICK COMMUNITY  SCHOOL
When looking at the payback periods in the energy audit, the figures
were calculated at $2.80 per gal oil. If using $5.80 a gallon, the
crossing point for the $212K retrofit to the attic and the $68K retrofit
is 17 years.  (these numbers look different when calculating for the
whole job - Janice will run more #s)
Who makes the decision whether the school building continues to be used
as a school for PVRS? 
Options discussed were spending $230K, $126K, do very little, or do
nothing. If we find out the fuel usage at the school over the past
number of years and divide by the number of degree days for the same
period, we will have a good benchmark for how much it costs to heat the
building. If we do any energy upgrades we will be able to tell how much
fuel we are saving.
Are there any fixes that we could do for small money? 
Dan asked if we could insulate the heat exchangers that are exposed in
the unheated portion of the attic before next fall.
It is most likely that we will not be able to get the legal aspects of
the project in place so that the major work can be done before the next
heating season.
Jim will talk with Gail and David to get a legal agreement started
between the town and PVRS.
Janice will contact David regarding the reroofing of the building.
We can work out a plan for what we can do at the school in the next meeting. 

HIGHWAY GARAGE
Oil use at the equipment garage is higher this year. Some fixes we
discussed are:
1. wrap the building with UV resisent plastic (something like an
exterior winsert) and protect the bottom with jersey barriers or similar
2. spray insulation foam on some of the walls
3 radiant heat in the floor by cutting the floor
4. apply rigid foam on the outside of some of the walls (in particular
on the north wall (salt storage side) we could insulate the exterior of
the wall and protect it from bucket loader damage up to 8 feet high with
3" hemlock planks)
5. mini split heat pumps ?
Janice will contact Tim about the equipment garage. 

POLICE & FIRE STATIONS, LIBRARY
Elec & oil use are up... need winserts & air sealing. Library basement
air sealing as well

NEW SAFETY BUILDING 
David wants us to be involved. Jim will talk to Gunnar about the building.

Meeting adjourned 8:40
Next Meeting:  May 18, 6:30 pm.